AJNT Vol 4 | Issue 3 Sep, 2011:(Current Issue) Editorial
A Nephrology Fellowship Training Program in Sudan: The Goals and Challenges
Mazin Mohammed Taha Shigidi
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum
Renal replacement therapy was started in the Sudan in 1968 with Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis (IPD) in 
a small center in central Khartoum. In 1970 the first renal unit was founded in Khartoum Teaching Hospital with a two-bed capacity IPD. Three years later the first HD machine was introduced in the Sudan. The first renal transplant surgery in the Sudan was performed in 1974, and since then renal services showed an escalating expansion to provide a free of charge service for more than 36 million Sudanese citizens aligned over 1.9 square km. This service is provided mostly under the umbrella of the Sudanese National Center for Kidney Disease and Surgery (NCKDS) [1].
